Morgue table and embalming board



Jan. 18, 1927.

c. J. CHRISTENSEN MORGUE TABLE AND EMBALMING BOARD Filed 001:. 28, 1922 I I N VEN TOR.

M J CZ/z'wkw W B Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL J. CHRISTENSEN, OF ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA.

MOB-GUE TABLE AND EMBALMING BOARD.

Application filed October 28: 1922.

The invention relates to morgue tables and cmbalming boards, and has for its object to provide a device of this character wherein a body may be raised centrally slightly above the table, thereby allowing easy access to the under side thereof for embalming purposes and for preparing the body for burial.

A further object is to provide in combination with a morgue table and embalm ng board transversely disposed body engaging bars and feed screw means whereby the body may be raised from the table, said feed screw being vertically disposed at opposite sides of the table and cooperating with the transversely disposed bars.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective View of the morgue table.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the bar raising screws showing the thrust bearing in section.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of one. of the transversely disposed bars.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one of the screw supporting brackets.

Figure 5 is a collective perspective view of the parts forming the thrust bearing.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a morgue table and 2 designates brackets secured to the opposite sides thereof. Brackets 2 are provided with vertically disposed threaded apertures 3, through which the feed screws 4 are threaded. The lower ends of the feed screws 4 are provided with rectangular shaped portions 5 for the reception of operating cranks 6, whereby said feed screws may be rotated for feeding the same upwardly or downwardly. The upper ends of the feed'screws Serial No. 597,540.

are provided with reduced portions 7, on t Extending transversely of the table 1 and F supported on the. reduced portions 7 of the feed screws 4 are body engaging bars 11, which bars engage the underside of the body and when forced upwardly holds the body above the table, thereby allowing access thereto for embalming and other purposes The ends of the bars 11 are provided with elongated slots 12 through which the reduced portions 7 of the feed screws extend and the bars 11 are held against upward movement by means of caps threaded on the reduced portion 7.

From the above it will be seen that means is provided in combination with a morgue table, whereby a body thereon may be easily and quickly raised and held in raised position and that by providing feed screws which may be rotated the body may be easily and quickly raised to various elevations.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is The combination with a inorguetable and embalming board, of means carried by said table whereby a body may be raised and supported above the table, said means comprising spaced horizontally and transversely disposed bars disposed above the table ad jacent each other, vertically disposed feed screws carried by the opposite sides of the table and extending upwardly through the table, cranks carried by said feed screws below the table, antifrictiona-l bearings carried by the upper ends of the feed screws above the table and on which the ends of the transversely disposed bars are disposed, the upper ends of the feed screws extending through elongated apertures in the bars and caps threaded on the upper ends of the screws.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

CARL J. CHRISTENSEN. 

